1. Cosmological constraints from baryon acoustic oscillations and clustering of large-scale structure
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Gary Hinshaw, Graeme E. Addison, and Mark Halpern
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Physics ,Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Cosmic distance ladder ,Cosmic microwave background ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Correlation function (astronomy) ,Type (model theory) ,01 natural sciences ,Omega ,Baryon ,Cover (topology) ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Baryon acoustic oscillations ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We constrain cosmological parameters using combined measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) feature in the correlation function of galaxies and Ly-\alpha absorbers that together cover 0.1 < z < 2.4. The BAO position measurements alone -- without fixing the absolute sound horizon `standard ruler' length with cosmic microwave background (CMB) data -- constrain \Omega_m = 0.303 +/- 0.040 (68 per cent confidence) for a flat \Lambda CDM model, and w = -1.06^{+0.33}_{-0.32}, \Omega_m = 0.292^{+0.045}_{-0.040} for a flat wCDM model. Adding other large-scale structure (LSS) clustering constraints -- correlation function shape, the Alcock-Paczynski test and growth rate information -- to the BAO considerably tightens constraints (\Omega_m = 0.290 +/- 0.019, H_0 = 67.5 +/- 2.8 km s^{-1} Mpc^{-1}, \sigma_8 = 0.80 +/- 0.05 for \Lambda CDM, and w = -1.14 +/- 0.19 for wCDM). The LSS data mildly prefer a lower value of H_0, and a higher value of \Omega_m, than local distance ladder and type IA supernovae (SNe) measurements, respectively. While tension in the combined CMB, SNe and distance ladder data appears to be relieved by allowing w < -1, this freedom introduces tension with the LSS \sigma_8 constraint from the growth rate of matter fluctuations. The combined constraint on w from CMB, BAO and LSS clustering for a flat wCDM model is w = -1.03 +/- 0.06., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, updated to match version accepted by MNRAS, some additional text in sections 3 and 4 and relabeling of data for improved clarity, no changes in results or conclusions
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- 2013
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